How To Latest Topicshttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/forum/42-how-to/How To Latest TopicsenFlirc will not control fire tvhttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2778-flirc-will-not-control-fire-tv/
So I had the Flirc setup and working and now for some reason the Flirc will not control fire tv. It shows all the buttons I have setup in the Flirc softwate as an Amazon remote

and the buttons show green when pushed. I uploaded my config file if that will help. Thanks, Willie.

]]>2778Fri, 03 Aug 2018 22:16:33 +0000Cannot upgrade to latest firmware from 4.4.2http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2775-cannot-upgrade-to-latest-firmware-from-442/
After about 5 years, I found the flirc device again and I am trying to use it but cannot upgrade the firmware. It is on version 4.4.2. The lates gui shows me a pop up with a warning Firmware Upgrade, but it doesn't work. It stays on "Firmware being upgraded..." and never finish.

When I try to program the remote in the GUI, nothing happens. It doesn't seem to recognize the remote at all.

What am I doing wrong??

]]>2749Tue, 29 May 2018 16:07:00 +0000Flirc with Android TVhttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1462-flirc-with-android-tv/*UPDATE* Final key mappings I found below

I'm got my Flirc working with Android TV. A USB keyboard works just fine with a microUSB adapter. Here's the key mapping I found

up = up
down = down
left = left
right = right
play/pause = enter
back = backspace/esc
search = Super (Windows) - could not map
home = alt+esc (doesn't close apps*)

I got everything working except for search and home. Search isn't really needed because it only accepts voice search by default so it looks for a bluetooth mic to activate which I don't have. No home button is killing me though. I can't exit some apps (XBMC) and can't easily jump between apps.

Is there a way to manually map a remote button to the media home button?

Just for reference, here's the Nexus Player's remote

and here's a quick picture of the adapter + flirc

If someone could help me map the home button this will be perfect.

*I found something interesting in that the keyboard shortcuts for home (alt+esc) will not exit apps. When you are within an app it only sends a back keypress. So if the app doesn't have a way to exit within the menu you may be stuck. I tested this with the flirc as well as with a keyboard. The home button on the remote is somehow detected differently when in an app.

is it possible to send a long press keyboard signal (like long press F1 or long press ESC) to the attached device with a Flirc V1?

To be clear ... I don't want to use log key press on a remote button ... the Flirc device should simulate a long key press on the virtual keyboard.

Best regards,

Albert

]]>2678Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:19:57 +0000Logitech Harmony 650 and Logitech g15http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2739-logitech-harmony-650-and-logitech-g15/
Is it possible to set bind a button on my remote to one Logitechs special function macro.

Macro I want it to bind to is the cycle next audio output.

]]>2739Fri, 11 May 2018 05:12:51 +0000Amazon TV Home Button Not Working with Harmony Remotehttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1987-amazon-tv-home-button-not-working-with-harmony-remote/I recently replaced a Roku 2 with a new (2015) Amazon Fire TV and bought Flirc so I could use my Harmony remote (Xbox 360 version). Since I still had the programming on the Harmony from the Roku 2, I just paired those buttons to Flirc like so:

I had the 3.6 Flirc firmware out of the box and, after programming, the only button that doesn't seem to work is the Home one. Just curious if this is a known issue with the Home button preset in Flirc and, if so, if there is a fix for this. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

NOTE: I have attempted the alternative fix of mapping the F12 key from the full keyboard to the button on the Harmony I wanted to use for the Fire TV Home button, however, this did not fix the issue. Unless there is some yet unreported/unknown issue assigning the command to one of the Harmony's "additional buttons" (the ones assigned to the changing display), I can only assume that for the new Fire TV, this command to control the Home button has either been reassigned to a different keyboard key or just completely removed.

Hey guys, Jason here. Be sure to check out the bottom of this post for additional information that I made

***************

**** DOUBLE EDIT ****

Official Amazon firetv support added to the latest release candidate. It's very stable, and will probably go public: Is now in the stable firmware

*********************************

Using Flirc with Amazon's fireTV.

After finding bits and pieces of helpful info in various threads, I thought it might be helpful to start a new thread that combines what I've learned with a place for others to share their experiences.

First, you wouldn't be here if you weren't frustrated with fireTV's Bluetooth remote control. The fact that they omitted an IR path to remote control is a major omission for AV enthusiasts who have labored to combine control of all their devices into one remote control.

Enter Flirc.

This little device is amazing. By using the Flirc and its software, it basically take whatever IR command your remote sends it and uses it as a trigger to send out whatever command you associated with it.
For example: You could program it to send an Up command whenever you push the "1" button on your remote. Or you could program it to send a play command whenever you push the guide button on your remote. Of course it makes much more sense to program remote bottons that correspond to the actual command desired, but Flirc doesn't care!

I’m using a Windows 8.1 desktop machine. I have no knowledge or access to a Mac or Linux.

I have a URC MX980 remote. When I added a device for fireTV, I told the remote that it was a Panasonic DVD player and assigned commands from the Panasonic Remote to my MX980's keys. It really makes no difference what device you assign as long as your remote sends an IR signal when the desired key is pressed. Those signals become the trigger signals for Flirc.

As it turned out, whenever I pressed up, down, left, or right, I got double key pushes on the fireTV. I tried changing the inter-key delay from the Flirc GUI - File > Advanced, but that didn’t help. So I assigned the arrow keys from an Apple TV remote to my MX980 and that fixed the problem.

So far I have almost everything working. Obviously, the voice command feature isn’t a player. I still haven’t found a Home Key in the Flirc GUI that performs the Home function of the fireTV remote. The best that I have been able to do is a back command. From what I can tell, the play button alternates between play and pause. Separate pause and stop commands don’t work. I haven’t been able to test the skip+ and skip- commands so the jury is still out.

Programming the menu key requires use of the windows command line program. There seems to be some confusion in the forums about reference to the command line app. It is not part of Flirc or the Flirc GUI, but part of windows. Now my level of knowledge pales in comparison to many of the members here, but this is what I was able to decipher.

It will then ask you to point the remote and press the button you want mapped just like the GUI.
Once you do that it will tell you that you were successful.

Here is how I mapped my remote to the Flirc commands. The Controllers column refers to the Controllers menu in the Flirc GUI. There are several choices there and you will need 3 of them to duplicate what I have done. I don’t know if there is a difference between similar keys in the Media Center and Media Keys layouts. I did not take the time to test it. Maybe someone can post that info if they know. If they are the same, it would simplify things.

Thanks to the other members who’s posts led me down this path to success
If I missed something or made a typo, pls feel free to correct it!

**** EDIT ****

Hey guys, it's Jason hijacking Tony's post. The select button marked as 'enter' above which is in the GUI, is actually not correct. It must be 'return'. Do this with the commandline:

flirc_util record return

Just a heads up that I'm going to make life so much easier, I'm going to update the GUI with an official FireTV window. Hopefully I can do this by the weekend. Attached an image.

Thought I'd share my steps so far in case this can help anyone. Flirc is uber cool, but I've found the set up process to be completely confusing and frustrating. I'm pretty sure I've worn my middle finger out flicking it at the screen! ha ha Once I figured out what to do, the set up process isn't too bad.

To the Flirc dudes: you really need to sort out the instructions. Following the Ubuntu instructions didn't work - there is no package to add. I imagine those who are less technically included who buy this will be extremely frustrated unless they can find someone to help them through the process. Anyway, that's my rant - now that things are working you guys really have a totally solid product otherwise and I'm really liking it so far.

The goal:

Get flirc up and running on my Kodi setup (standard Kodi live)

The problem:

Kodi live is a minimal environment... can't get the tools working. Also the instructions on the website don't work. The install package is missing. The paths are wrong for wget. Argh!

If you have a USB flirc you can set it up on a Windows machine first... but the Flirc-SE is installed in my case and I'm not dual-booting so that option is out.

The solution:

Part 1 - get to a desktop.

I created a bootable Ubuntu USB drive. I'm going to skip explaining this part. There is a great set of instructions here. Ok, now I can boot to an Ubuntu desktop.

Part 2 - Get the flirc driver.

Just start Mozilla (it's on the desktop), go to the flirc site's download area and grab the (probably 64-bit for most people) generic linux driver at the bottom of the page.

Part 3 - Add packages

It's not going to run, you're missing the prerequisite packages. First we need to update the repo listing - hit the "..." in the bottom corner (or windows key on your keyboard) and type "software". Launch the "Software & Updates" icon. Add "Software restricted by copyright" to add all the repos (probably overkill, but it's easy), the "Close" to update.

Now press "..." and type "Terminal" and launch it. Run:

sudo apt-get update

You're going to be missing 3 packages. Run these commands:

sudo apt-get install libhidapi-hidraw0

sudo apt-get install libqtxml5

sudo apt-get install libqtxml-patterns5

Part 4 - Get Flirc driver ready

In the terminal, "cd Downloads" directory and run:

tar -xvzf flirc.latest.x86_64.tar.gz

Part 5 - Run Flirc

In the Terminal, type:

cd Flirc-3.11.6

sudo ./Flirc

Now you can program your Flirc. Yay!

Other Stuff - Motherboard-related:

I bought the Flirc-SE because my case had a slot for it. Also, I liked the idea of being able to power on my system from the S5 state - which if "off" for all practical purposes. Getting this to work was a pain. Especially so, because you can't tell if the motherboard is powering the USB ports.

To Flirc dudes: in the next iteration of the flirc-se please add a small led light or something!

Anyway, each motherboard will be different, but for mine (Asus Z170I Pro Gaming) I found 2 critical options in the UEFI bios (under Advanced mode) that needed to be configured for it to work.

ErP power magement

Make sure this is disabled - otherwise the motherboard will go all energy star and disable power to the USB ports

USB 3.1 device charging

Make sure this is enabled. Why doesn't make any sense because the flirc plugs into the USB 2.0 port and not the USB 3.1 port... but for whatever reason, this needs to be on or it won't work - took me a long time to figure this out

Some caveats:

Once I got the remote power button to power on from "off", I found that the button will no longer shut down Kodi (it used to before I "fixed" it). I'm sure there is a solution to this, but that's where I stopped because it's easy enough to shutdown Kodi from its own shutdown menu option (and this prevents me from accidentally shutting down the PC by pressing that button).

I'm planning to migrate to Libreelec later when Kodi 18 is released, but since the flirc is externally configured in my case, I don't forsee any issues during that transition.

Any way... just wanted to post this stuff in case it can help anybody. I'm really happy with how everything is working now and have totally forgiven the flirc dudes!

Edit:

It sounds like there may actually be a led on the flirc-se... you guys really need to mention this somewhere as it could have avoided a lot of guessing as to whether the USB was powered or not. My flirc-se came in a box with no instructions manual and finding a manual for it online isn't easy (not under the product page or user guide area in downloads).

]]>2731Tue, 24 Apr 2018 10:55:24 +0000On screen keyboard in Windows Media Center?http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2732-on-screen-keyboard-in-windows-media-center/
Currently using Flirc with a Harmony 350 remote to control Windows Media Center, and it works well with one exception. With a standard WMC remote, when you hit the OK button on a text field, you get an onscreen keyboard. This doesn't seem to happen with the FLIRC when using the WMC profile. Is there any way to get FLIRC to emulate this behavior, or any other sort of workaround to get a usable on screen keyboard?
]]>2732Thu, 26 Apr 2018 17:14:33 +0000MCE start/media buttonhttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2722-mce-startmedia-button/
I cannot get Flirc to recognize or send/accept "media"command from Harmony Smart remote. I am using Microsoft MCE as the IR database in Harmony. These commands are what i used to train the Flirc . The transport buttons, numbers and up down left and right all work. The media button opens or starts JRiver Media Center. Any advice would be appreciated.
]]>2722Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:22:08 +0000how to enter scan code to flirc?http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2176-how-to-enter-scan-code-to-flirc/i need help with converting keybord key set scan code into the flirc. i try to search the answer on the internet ,but i didnt find it.

by searching the web i found out that the require operation is by the combination fn+F7 (SCAN CODE 165) .

on android that should do the home key combnation better then alt+esc.

how i attach it to flirc?

]]>2176Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:53:42 +0000How To return Flirc?http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2708-how-to-return-flirc/
I just tried to send a message using your form, but after sending it I saw a message saying "It seems like you are not a human!" However, I never saw a Captcha or other human test so I don't know if you got the message or not!!!!

Anyway, I need to return my Flirc because I discovered that I don't need it. Never even plugged it in. I realize that postage is my responsibility. Do I need an RMA to return it? Where do I send it?

]]>2708Thu, 29 Mar 2018 16:16:13 +0000Phone Proximity Sensor Might be Interfering with Flirc (Nonstop Button Presses)http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2707-phone-proximity-sensor-might-be-interfering-with-flirc-nonstop-button-presses/
Hello all. I had a peculiar issue where my Flirc was receiving a continuous button press. It was like somebody was holding down the up button on my remote. I believe the culprit was my phone's proximity sensor, which is IR based technology.

I started testing things in the usual way. I cleared my configuration, switched ports, reinstalled, made sure my firmware was upgraded.. but nothing was working. The only thing that could stop the button input was when I covered the device with my hand. I then thought that maybe I had a faulty remote with a button stuck down, so I removed all of the batteries from my remotes and Flirc was still receiving a signal. I was absolutely puzzled. A couple hours later I picked up my phone, walked away, and the button pressing stopped! I set my phone back on top of my computer and the button presses started up again. I finally figured it out! =D When my phone is within 6 inches of the Flirc it registers a button press. My Flirc is plugged into the USB ports on the top of my case and my phone was resting directly next to it.

My phone is a Pixel 2 so I hopped online, did some research and found that the proximity sensor in the phone is IR based. The good news is that the IR interference only happens when my phone is inches away from the device. Keep in mind that your mileage may vary though. I just wanted to share this in case someone else is searching the forums for a related issue.

]]>2707Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:17:42 +0000Flirc 2 with Harmony Remote and Shield TVhttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2699-flirc-2-with-harmony-remote-and-shield-tv/
So I set up my Harmony 650 with the Flirc -> Shield TV profile, plugged the Flirc into the Shield and ... nothing. So, plugged the Flirc into my PC, updated it to the newest firmware, and confirmed it can receive commands from the remote. Pulled it out of the PC, popped it back into the Shield and....nothing. How do I know the Shield is even recognizing this thing? I get no response, no indication it's plugged in or not, and nothing works. Thanks for any help.
]]>2699Sun, 18 Mar 2018 02:32:41 +0000Disable LED on Flirc SE?http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2690-disable-led-on-flirc-se/
Pretty straightforward question: is there a way to disable the LED light on the Flirc SE?
]]>2690Wed, 07 Mar 2018 03:41:59 +0000Kodi+Desktop simultaneouslyhttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2687-kodidesktop-simultaneously/
hi,

I have a linux system (opensuse) with 2 video outputs. One per hdmi to a LG TV of 50 "where almost always only kodi is displayed and another output to a 22" monitor that is the one that I use with opensuse daily.I have Flirc gen1, the one that comes in the Streacom box.Flirc is programmed with the keyboard commands that kodi uses, but if I want to use kodi and any other application of opensuse, for example surfing the network, it becomes a little complicated.For example, if I'm browsing with Firefox over the network, firefox has the focus, and if my child is with the remote and gives the arrow up, firefox goes up and kodi does not know. My son asks, what happens, does kodi ignore?So, I programmed a button on the remote so that when I clicked, kodi would receive the focus, but I do not think it would solve the problem ...There has to be some way that the keyboard that simulates Flirc only had an effect on Kodi, but I can not get it.It had occurred to me that in Kodi I could use a keyboard.xml and map the specific Flirc entries, but I can not do it. If I could add a prefix to the Flirc button, I could map the prefix + button to a kodi command ... but I do not know how to do itCan someone help me please?Thanks in advance

]]>2687Tue, 27 Feb 2018 19:29:16 +0000GPG error: invalid signatureshttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2676-gpg-error-invalid-signatures/
I attempted to install to a Raspberry Pi using the curl command as the web site specifies. It gets the following error:
GPG error: http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/raspbian/binary ./ Release: The following signatures were invalid: B3692E93F96844490B26153C3F0B7E963CBA18E3

Can someone either confirm there is a problem or enlighten me what I may be doing wrong?

]]>2674Wed, 14 Feb 2018 23:28:41 +0000NO_PUBKEY 3F0B7E963CBA18E3http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2672-no_pubkey-3f0b7e963cba18e3/
I am installing FLIRC on kodibuntu. In a terminal, I added FLIRC sources to /etc/apt/sources.list. I added "deb http://apt.flirc.tv/arch/i386 binary/" after applying sudo apt-get update, I got the following response - "W:GPG error: http://apt.flirc.tv binary/ Release: the following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 3F0B7E963CBA18E3

I got the following response: "gpgkeys: key 3F0B7E963CBA18E3 not found on keyserver"

How can I get a gpg key update for the I386 binary file?

]]>2672Mon, 12 Feb 2018 17:32:49 +0000How do you use the command line utilty to set power on with flirc sehttp://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2504-how-do-you-use-the-command-line-utilty-to-set-power-on-with-flirc-se/
I see everyone saying you can setup the flirc se with the command line utility to power on a streacom pc from off but how exactly do you do that and i mean if someone could please provide step by step instructions. Since this is not in the gui this is pretty confusing.
]]>2504Fri, 23 Jun 2017 01:39:41 +0000Control my Audio server with Harmony 900http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/2664-control-my-audio-server-with-harmony-900/

I'm trying to set up my Harmony One & 900 to work with my Windows 10 laptop music server, specifically Media Monkey. The only things that seem to work is the Play, Pause, OK & the up & down arrow keys. The Back button skips back a few second & the Skip button brings up the Search function, not what it's supposed to do, but that's about all that works. None of the soft keys work and many of the hard keys don't even send a signal at all.

Has anyone set up their system to work with MediaMonkey, JRiver or foobar or any similar program.